Two Hundred Thousand-Year Blazing Flame Phoenix!

Ye Feng froze. "Even my Karma Fire can be nullified?"

Shui Bing'er rolled her eyes at him. "We both have ultimate attributes. Your Karma Fire has always been stronger than my Ultimate Ice, okay?"

"Can't help it."

Ye Feng spread his hands. "After all, I didn't suffer all that for nothing."

Hearing that, Shui Bing'er looked at Ye Feng with a little more pity in her eyes.

Over the years, she had witnessed the suffering Ye Feng endured from Karma Fire's backlash.

It was no exaggeration to say that Ye Feng had traded his life for the strength he possessed today.

Someone with weaker willpower probably would have collapsed long ago.

Ye Feng's scalp tingled under Shui Bing'er's sympathetic gaze. "I know I'm handsome, but you don't have to look at me like that."

Shui Bing'er withdrew her gaze and gave a soft snort. "Narcissist."

Then, with a thought, the Ice Crystal Battle Armor dissolved into specks of blue light.

Ye Feng stopped studying Shui Bing'er's Ice Crystal Battle Armor, clapped his hands, and rose to his feet. "All right, the Soul Ring's secured. Time for the real business. Let's go find the Blazing Flame Phoenix."

After dismissing her Soul Armor, Shui Bing'er blinked her ice-blue eyes. "You're not going to rest?"

"Rest for what? I just finished warming up. Might as well strike while the iron's hot."

Shui Bing'er fell silent for two seconds before asking, "Do you know where Blazing Flame Phoenixes usually live?"

"In the Lava Forest in the southern part of the Star Dou Great Forest, near the volcanic region."

Ye Feng said seriously, "That area's too hot for ordinary Soul Beasts to endure. It's perfect for fire-attributed Soul Beasts like the Blazing Flame Phoenix."

"You know quite a lot." Shui Bing'er was somewhat surprised.

"Of course."

Ye Feng grinned, flashing a row of white teeth. "I did my homework before coming."

An hour later.

The two arrived before a dark-red stone forest.

The ground was cracked, and dark-red magma seeped from the fissures, flowing slowly and sending up scorching waves of heat.

The air was thick with the pungent smell of sulfur, and even breathing came with a burning sensation.

Ye Feng halted, his sharp gaze sweeping over the area ahead. He spoke in a low voice. "We're here."

The moment his words fell, a sharp, piercing cry suddenly rang out from deep within the stone forest.

"Screech—!"

The cry was incredibly penetrating, making the air tremble faintly. A blazing, tyrannical pressure came crashing toward them.

Ye Feng's eyes lit up, and a slow smile curved his lips.

"The main attraction is here."

As soon as he spoke, a scarlet figure shot into the sky from deep within the stone forest.

It was a giant bird engulfed in scarlet flames, with a wingspan of nearly five meters. Its feathers flowed with a dark-red sheen like molten lava.

Three fiery whips trailed behind its tail feathers, warping the air into ripples wherever they passed.

A Blazing Flame Phoenix, with twenty thousand years of cultivation.

"Whoa, quite the entrance."

Ye Feng looked up at the enormous creature without the slightest hint of tension in his voice. "It's even bigger than I imagined."

Shui Bing'er stood beside him, her ice-blue eyes narrowing slightly. "A twenty-thousand-year Soul Beast is equivalent to a peak Soul King. Are you sure you can handle it alone?"

"Won't know until I try."

Ye Feng rolled his wrists, and crimson-gold flames exploded around him.

A phantom fire phoenix spread its wings behind him. Three Soul Rings—purple, purple, black—rose into the air, their deep luster flowing within the crimson-gold radiance.

"Third Soul Skill, Mystic Fire Phoenix Transformation!"

With a low shout, the flames around Ye Feng surged violently. Strands of dark-red patterns emerged amid the crimson-gold fire, while molten lava seemed to flow deep within his pupils.

His aura instantly rose to a new level, and even the rocks beneath his feet began to crack and melt.

"Screech—!"

Sensing the threat, the Blazing Flame Phoenix violently flapped its wings.

Scarlet flames surged toward him like a tidal wave, twisting the air along the way and splashing magma from the cracks in the ground.

"Bing'er, control the field!"

Ye Feng shouted low, flapped his Phoenix Wings, and turned into a crimson-gold streak of light. Instead of retreating, he charged straight into the sea of flames.

Shui Bing'er reacted swiftly, her ice-blue Soul Power erupting as her fourth Soul Ring lit up.

"Fourth Soul Skill, Extreme Ice Divine Phoenix Armor!"

Ice Crystal Battle Armor condensed over her body, and translucent ice wings unfurled behind her.

With a wave of her hand, an ice wall rose from the ground, cutting off the torrent of magma surging in from the right.

"Second Soul Skill, Extreme Cold Storm!"

An ice-blue storm swept out, but it did not attack the Blazing Flame Phoenix. Instead, it swept past Ye Feng's side and formed a ring of crystalline barriers around them.

The low-level fire-attributed Soul Beasts that had been startled and were closing in from all directions slammed headlong into the ice wall. Frozen stiff, they howled miserably and hurriedly backed away.

Their target was the Blazing Flame Phoenix. There was no need to involve the other Soul Beasts.

Seizing the opportunity, Ye Feng had already rushed to within a hundred feet of the Blazing Flame Phoenix.

The Blazing Flame Phoenix opened its beak and spat out a concentrated scarlet pillar of fire. The temperature was so high that it scorched the air with a charred smell.

Facing the concentrated scarlet fire pillar, Ye Feng beat his Phoenix Wings and soared into the air along a bizarre arc. The first Soul Ring beneath his feet lit up.

"First Soul Skill, Hellfire Meteor!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Dozens of crimson-gold fireballs crashed down like meteors, striking the Blazing Flame Phoenix squarely on the back.

The Blazing Flame Phoenix let out a pained shriek. Scarlet feathers were blasted in every direction, exposing charred flesh beneath.

A flash of shock and fury passed through its flaming bird eyes. It clearly had not expected this human youth to be capable of injuring it.

"Oh? Your hide's pretty tough."

Ye Feng flapped his wings and hovered in midair, studying the creature with interest. "You can still fly after taking a full round of my Hellfire Meteors."

The Blazing Flame Phoenix was enraged.

It threw back its head and released a cry sharp enough to split gold and stone. The flames around it surged wildly as it beat its wings, sending countless scarlet fire feathers shooting toward Ye Feng like a torrential downpour.

Every feather carried searing heat and emitted a piercing hiss as it cut through the air.

Faced with the rain of fire feathers filling the sky, Ye Feng did not dodge. Instead, he grinned.

"Mystic Fire Phoenix Transformation—Elementalization!"

Before his words even faded, Ye Feng's body gradually became transparent, as though he had merged with the crimson-gold flames.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The fire feathers filling the sky passed through the flaming phantom and struck the rocks behind him, blasting out one charred crater after another.

"That's it?"

The flames condensed back into Ye Feng's form. He dusted off his shoulder as though there were ash there, wearing an infuriatingly smug expression.

"Can't hit me. Mad yet?"

The Blazing Flame Phoenix was clearly furious. It let out a sharp roar, flapped its wings wildly, and surged with flames as it dived toward Ye Feng.

"Bing'er!"

Ye Feng shouted low as he charged forward rather than retreating.

Shui Bing'er immediately understood. Her ice-blue Soul Power erupted without warning.

"Third Soul Skill, Extreme Cold Storm!"

An ice crystal storm swept in from the side, but rather than attacking the Blazing Flame Phoenix, it precisely covered the path ahead of its flight.

The Blazing Flame Phoenix plunged straight into the icy region, and a thin layer of frost instantly formed over its wings.

Its speed plummeted.

"Good chance!"